Mysore (disambiguation)
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Mysore refers to several places in southern India:
Other things associated with Mysore:
- Mysore StateMysore StateThe Kingdom of Mysore was one of the three largest princely states within the erstwhile British Empire of India. Upon India gaining its independence in 1947, the Maharaja of Mysore merged his realm with the Union of India...
, the name of today's Karnataka until November 1, 1973 - Mysore DivisionMysore DivisionMysore Division includes the districts of Mysore, Chamarajanagar, Mandya, Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Kodagu, Chikmagalur and Hassan. The administrative headquarters of the division is Mysore. This division is home to :...
, an area that includes the districts of Mysore, Chamarajanagar, Mandya, Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Kodagu, Chikmagalur and Hassan - Mysore districtMysore districtMysore District is an administrative district located in the southern part of the state of Karnataka, India. The district is bounded by Mandya district to the northeast, Chamrajanagar district to the southeast, Kerala state to the south, Kodagu district to the west, and Hassan district to the north...
, an administrative district in the Mysore Division - Mysore, a city in Mysore district, and its administrative seat
- Kingdom of MysoreKingdom of MysoreThe Kingdom of Mysore was a kingdom of southern India, traditionally believed to have been founded in 1399 in the vicinity of the modern city of Mysore. The kingdom, which was ruled by the Wodeyar family, initially served as a vassal state of the Vijayanagara Empire...
, a kingdom founded about 1400 CE by the Wodeyar dynasty - Princely State of MysorePrincely State of MysoreThe Princely State of Mysore was a princely state of the British Empire in India. The state was created by the East India Company in 1799, after the latter's victory in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War, and existed until 1947, when it acceded to the newly independent Union of India...
, a princely state of British empire in India - Mysore (Lok Sabha constituency)Mysore (Lok Sabha constituency)-Assembly segments:Presently, Mysore Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following eight legislative assembly segments:# Madikeri# Virajpet# Piriyapatna# Hunsur# Chamundeshwari# Krishnaraja# Chamaraja# Narasimharaja...
, one of the 28 Lok Sabha Constituencies in Karnataka - Mysore (region)Mysore (region)The Mysore region is an unofficial region that is part of Karnataka state in southern India. It forms approximately the southern half of the non-coastal areas of that state. The area corresponds almost exactly to that of the erstwhile princely state of Mysore...
, an unofficial region in the state of Karnataka
Other things associated with Mysore:
- INS Mysore (D60)INS Mysore (D60)INS Mysore is a Delhi-class guided-missile destroyer currently in active service with the Indian Navy.-History:INS Mysore was built at Mazagon Dock Limited in Mumbai. Her keel was laid down in February 1991 and she was launched on 4 June 1993...
, a Delhi-class destroyer of the Indian Navy built in India - INS Mysore (1957), a Crown Colony class light cruiser, the former HMS Nigeria, commissioned into the Indian Navy in 1957, and decommissioned in 1985.
- Mysore pakMysore pakMysore pak is a sweet dish of Karnataka, India, usually served as dessert. It is made of generous amounts of ghee , sugar and gram flour....
, a sweet dish of Karnataka made of ghee (clarified butter), sugar and chick pea (besan) flour - Mysore styleMysore styleThe Mysore style of yoga asana practice is a particular way of teaching yoga within the Ashtanga Yoga tradition as taught by Sri K. Pattabhi Jois in the southern Indian city of Mysore...
, a style of yoga - Anglo-Mysore WarsAnglo-Mysore WarsThe Anglo-Mysore Wars were a series of wars fought in India over the last three decades of the 18th century between the Kingdom of Mysore and the British East India Company, represented chiefly by the Madras Presidency...
, a series of wars fought over the last three decades of the 18th century between the Kingdom of Mysore and the British East India Company - Mysore paintingMysore paintingMysore painting is an important form of classical South Indian painting that originated in the town of Mysore in Karnataka. Painting in Karnataka has a long and illustrious history, tracing it’s origins back to the Ajanta times Mysore painting is an important form of classical South Indian...
, a form of classical South Indian painting that originated in Mysore - University of MysoreUniversity of MysoreThe University of Mysore , is a public university in India. The University founded during the reign of Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV, the Maharaja of Mysore, and was conceptualized on the basis of a report on educational progress in the United States and Australia, submitted by Messrs Thomas Denham and...
, a public university in Karnataka - Mysore DasaraMysore DasaraMysore Dasara is the Nadahabba of the state of Karnataka. It is also called Navaratri and is a 10-day festival with the last day being Vijayadashami, the most auspicious day of Dasara. Dasara usually falls in the month of September or October...
, the state festival of Karnataka - Mysore PalaceMysore PalaceThe Palace of Mysore is a palace situated in the city of Mysore in southern India. It is the official residence of the Wodeyars - the erstwhile royal family of Mysore, and also houses two durbar halls ....
, a palace in Mysore, Karnataka